oo oxide to dioxide as hitler s treatment of the jews. 62-year-old attorney christopher john kulish of colorado died monday after reaching the top of everest. his family says he died doing what he loved. kulish is survived by his mother and younger siblings. there are growing concerns about overcrowding at everest. last week, crowds of climbers got stuck in a line to the summit. most people could only spend a matter of minutes at the summit without extra oxygen supplies. it has become a death race there because there was massive traffic jam, and people are pushing themselves. we re not even capable of doing it. they do it. they try to summit, and they, instead of summiting, they kill themselves. tourism officials in nepal suggest that the deaths are related to heavy traffic at the
rose to 11 on monday. tourism officials said an attorney from colorado has died while descending from the world s tall s peak. officials blaming overcrowding, poor weather and lack of climbing experience for the 11 deaths, including half a dozen in the last week. a record number of climbers from supplemented everest in april and may, the peak climbing months, with the larger crowds groups of climbers have been stuck in lines up to the summit in so-called death zones, an area above 26,000 feet where most people need additional oxygen supplies to breathe. even with the extra help people can only survive at that altitude for a few hours. coming up on morning joe, more on the president s claim that african-american voters will not back joe biden because of controversial crime legislation passed two decades ago. we will explain the hypocrisy there from the president next on morning joe.
them excited and, you know, working against climate change or working against doing anything about climate change is going to excite those people regardless of what it does for everybody else. our polling here shows 96% of democrats want climate change addressed. the question really is on the 2020 dems, will they force this as an issue in the upcoming election. one has to believe it may factor in. zach wolf, good to see you, sir, thank you. an american climber has died on mount everest which brings the death toll to 11 this year alone. 62-year-old attorney christopher john kulish of colorado died monday after reaching the top of everest. his family says he died doing what he loved. kulish is survived by his mother and younger siblings. there are growing concerns about overcrowding at everest. last week, crowds of climbers got stuck in a long line to the summit. most people could only spend a matter of minutes at that summit without extra oxygen supplies.
and this is funny to say as an operator myself, but we definitely need government regulation of commercial operators on the mountain. we need to require certain levels of experience and safe measures, things like communication and oxygen supplies, and if a company can t provide those, they can t operate on the mountain. aidian ballinger, thank you so much. you re there and we appreciate it. so sorry again that we ve had to see these deaths. thank you, adrianne. absolutely. thank you so much. pretty remarkable to hear from him right there at the base camp. ahead fours, a hiker lost for 17 days a. she is found after officials call off the search. her amazing story of survival is next. plus, get this.
of the tube suck water out of the cave, part of the pumping operation that made this rescue possible in the first place. where it s too steep, pictures show the boys hoisted through the air, a pulley system attached to a hanging structure. below, rushing water makes for a swift current under foot, illuminated by rescue headlamps. it s all incredibly dangerous. flooded passageways the definition of peril, heartbreakingly illustrated with the death of a former navy thai s.e.a.l. he died after bringing oxygen supplies into the cave just days before the rescue began. his navy s.e.a.l. brothers carried on their mission in his name, diving, swimming, and carrying the exhausted kids and their coach for hours until they could make it out far enough for initial medical treatment. a final picture shows the last eerily illuminated steps, heroes freeing the team from their subterranean prison. translator: this unit is not only with chiang rai, thailand, it s a global unit.